1、At the meeting they discussed three different________to the study of mathematics.
A.approaches B.means
C.methods D.ways
2、Would you send me some ________ of yours? I miss you very much!
A.magazines
B.photos
C.phones
D.works
3、All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, which suggests that work and play do not _________ but promote each other.
A. conduct B. convey
C. contradict D. confirm
4、Too much rainfall failed to ______ the growth of these plants.
A.encourage B.discourage C.disappoint D.appoint
5、He persuaded me _________ the invitation.
A.accept
B.will accept
C.accepting
D.to accept
6、You should keep in mind ________ you should behave while travelling abroad.
A. that B. what C. how D. where
7、﹣﹣﹣What do you think of________ opening ceremony of the national games?
﹣﹣﹣It is simple but________ great success.
A.the;a B.an;a C.a;the D.the;the
8、He must have sensed that I _____ at him .He suddenly glanced at me and said quietly “Why are you staring at me like that ?”
A. was looking B. looked
C. have looked D. had looked
9、Different cultural features of ethnic groups are____ one another and work out a melody.
A. in tune with B. in parallel with
C. in contrast to D. in response to
10、Traveling is a good way to_______________ different cultures and broaden the mind.
A.expand
B.explore
C.expose
D.export
11、I consider________ no use ________ with him about it.
A.it; quarrelling
B.that; to quarrel
C.it; to quarrel
D.that; quarreling
12、Personally speaking ,I’m ____ your plan.
A.in consequence of B.in favour of
C.in response to D.in addition to
13、It was such a ________ movie that I really felt ________.
A.touching; touching
B.touched; touched
C.touching; touched
D.touched; touching
14、_____ the plant once a week if you are to get fruit in the autumn.
A. Watered B. Watering C. To water D. Water
15、Wechat is communications software whose purpose is to ______ barriers to communication.
A.break up B.break down C.break through D.break into
16、When the general secretary finished his speech, the journalists ________ right in with different questions.
A. shuttled B. scratched
C. plugged D. dived
17、You need to get them ____ that you want to see the plan _____ out next month.
A.understand; carried
B.to understand; carrying
C.understand; carrying
D.to understand; carried
18、Eric, ____ yourself. Did you forget the school rules?
A.behalf B.believe C.behave D.betray
19、_____ more visitors,the Beijing Garden Expo Park gives roses to visiting couples.
A.Attracted
B.Attracting
C.To attract
D.Having attracted
20、China has become the third nation________a man into space.
A.having sent
B.sending
C.to send
D.to be sent
21、One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift. Unlike other gifts, it came without wrap(包装).
On September 11th, 1958, mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my arms, saying, “I promised you a gift, and here it is.” What an honor! I became four years old a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and night. I sang to it. I told stories. I told it again and again how much I loved it!
One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was gone! I cried for it. Mum wept(哭泣) and told me that the poor little thing had been sent to a hospital. It had a fever. For several days, I heard mum and dad whispering such words as “hopeless”, “pitiful”and “dying”, and all these words sounded ominous.
Christmas was coming. “Don’t expect any presents this year,” Dad said, pointing at the socks I hung in the living rooms. “If your baby brother lives, that’ll be Christmas enough.” As he spoke, his eyes filled with tears. I had never seen him cry before.
The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to answer it. From my bedroom I heard him say, “What? He’s all right?”He hung up and shouted upstairs. “The hospital said we can bring Richard home!”
“Thank God!” I heard mum cry.
From the upstairs window, I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them so happy. And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I ran downstairs. My socks still hung there flat. But I knew they were not empty:they were filled with love!
【1】What happened to the author on September 11th, 1958?
A. He got a baby brother. B. He got a Christmas gift.
C. He became four years old. D. He received a doll.
【2】What does the underlined word “ominous” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A. Impossible. B. Boring. C. Funny. D. Fearful.
【3】Which word can best describe the feeling of the father when Christmas was coming?
A. Excitement. B. Happiness. C. Disappointment. D. Sadness.
【4】Which is the best title of the passage?
A. A Sad Christmas Day
B. Life With a Lovely Baby
C. A Special Christmas Gift
D. Memories of a Happy Family
22、Some people can walk into a room and instantly put everyone at ease. Others seem to make teeth clench and eyes roll no matter what they do. A small body of psychology research supports the idea that the way a person tends to make others feel is a consistent and measurable part of his personality. Researchers call it “affective presence”.
This concept was first described nearly 10 years ago in a study led by Noah Eisenkraft, a business professor at Washington University. He put business-school students into groups, had them register for all the same classes for a semester, and do every group project together. Then the members of each group rated how much every other member made them feel eight different emotions: stressed, bored, angry, sad, calm, relaxed, happy, and enthusiastic. The researchers found that a significant portion of group members’ emotions could be accounted for by the affective presence of their peers.
It’s been known for some time that emotions are infectious. But affective presence is an effect one has regardless of one’s own feelings—those with positive affective presence make other people feel good, even if they personally are anxious or sad, and the opposite is true for those with negative affective presence.
Unsurprisingly, people who consistently make others feel good are more central to their social networks—in Elfenbein, s study, more of their classmates considered them to be friends. Hector Madrid, an organizational-behavior professor, has found that leaders with positive affective presence have teams that are better at sharing information, which leads to creativity. Inferiors are more likely to voice their ideas, too.
However, Elfenbein notes that positive affective presence isn’t naturally good. Neither is negative affective presence necessarily always a bad thing in a leader—think of a football coach yelling at the team at halftime, motivating them to make a comeback. She suspects that affective presence is closely related to emotional intelligence which one can use to cure cancer or to be a criminal mastermind.
【1】What does the underlined phrase “make teeth clench” in Paragraph 1 mean?
A.Make people nervous.
B.Make people glad.
C.Make people comfortable.
D.Make people calm.
【2】Why does the author mention Elfbnbein’s study in Paragraph 4?
A.To suggest leaders are better at sharing information.
B.To prove leaders also have negative affective presence.
C.To indicate people with positive affective presence are creative.
D.To show positive affective presence can promote social interaction.
【3】What does Elfenbein think of “affective presence”?
A.It is for motivating others.
B.It is a double-edged sword.
C.It is affected by one’s own emotion.
D.It is the positive emotional influence on others.
【4】Which could be the best title for the text?
A.Affective Presence: Secret Part of Your Personalities
B.Emotional Signature: Why Emotions are Infectious
C.Affective Presence: How You Make People Feel
D.Emotional Intelligence: Big Part of Affective Presence
23、 Now, cities large and small often have remains of earlier historic streets and sidewalk pavements(人行道)。Yet they often go unprotected even when they may be older than neighbouring historic buildings that have enjoyed protection for tens of years.
There are many reasons to protect historic pavements - culture value, economics, environmental benefits and public safety. Pavements represented an important step in the modernization of city environments in the 19th century.
Before the laying of pavement, streets of dirt caused many problems to citizens,especially in wet weather when they became muddy(泥泞的),which limited the movement of people and vehicles.
To solve the problem,cities experimented with a wide range of materials in an attempt to balance durability(耐用性),economics,sources of materials and noise considerations.
The earliest pavement in many cities were cobblestones-naturally rounded stones.They were cheap and durable, but rough and noisy. Loose stone pavements were cheap and smooth, but not very durable. Wood also appeared in the 1850s as a popular option-smooth,quiet and affordable,but not very durable.
In many cities and towns,brick(砖)streets are the only historic pavements that have survived.This fact covers up the truth of pavement experimentation between the 1850s and 1920s, when a city could use up to a dozen different paving materials at the same time! Indeed, each city developed a unique "pavement identity” in the materials chosen and the way they were laid.
It is easy to think of the past when seeing historic pavements, as recalling “old world” city qualities. However, they are more similar to the early high buildings and parks-important city features that showed the modernization of the city. At a time when cities are becoming increasingly.similar, such pavements also help define an important sense of place.
【1】What is the present situation of historic pavements?
A.Failing to represent modem environments.
B.Failing to receive protection they should get.
C.Being brought back to its former glory.
D.Being highly valued as cultural buildings.
【2】Why was the first pavement built in history?
A.To help develop the local economy.
B.To prevent earth from being washed away.
C.To limit the movement of people and vehicles.
D.To bring convenience to citizens' life.
【3】What is mainly talked about in Paragraphs 4-6?
A.Popularity of different paving materials.
B.Different experiments on city identity.
C.Advantages and disadvantages of stone pavements.
D.Development of pavements of different materials.
【4】What does the writer want to express about historic pavements in the last paragraph?
A.They are similar to tall buildings.
B.They make cities appear similar.
C.They are unique of a particular place.
D.They represent the modernization of today's city.
24、 Would you BET on the future of this man? He is 53 years old. Most of his adult life has been a losing struggle against debt and misfortune. A war injury has made his left hand stop functioning, and he has often been in prison. Driven by heaven-knows-what motives, he determines to write a book.
The book turns out to be one that has appealed to the world for more than 350 years. That former prisoner was Cervantes, and the book was Don Quixote(《堂吉诃德》) . And the story poses an interesting question: why do some people discover new vitality and creativity to the end of their days, while others go to seed long before?
We've all known people who run out of steam before they reach life's halfway mark. I'm not talking about those who fail to get to the top. We can't all get there. I'm talking about people who have stopped learning on growing because they have adopted the fixed attitudes and opinions that all too often come with passing years.
Most of us, in fact, progressively narrow the variety of our lives. We succeed in our field of specialization and then become trapped in it. Nothing surprises us. We lose our sense of wonder. But, if we are willing to learn, the opportunities are everywhere.
The things we learn in maturity seldom involve information and skills. We learn to bear with the things we can't change. We learn to avoid self-pity. We learn that however much we try to please, some people are never going to love us-an idea that troubles at first but is eventually relaxing.
With high motivation and enthusiasm, we can keep on learning. Then we will know how important it is to have meaning in our life. However, we can achieve meaning only if we have made a commitment to something larger than our own little egos(自我) , whether to loved ones, to fellow humans, to work, or to some moral concept.
Many of us equate(将……等同于) “commitment” with such “caring” occupations as teaching and nursing. But doing any ordinary job as well as one can is in itself an admirable commitment. People who work toward such excellence-whether they are driving a truck, or running a store-make the world better just by being the kind of people they are. They've learned life's most valuable lesson.
【1】The passage starts with the story of Cervantes to show that _____________.
A.loss of freedom stimulates one's creativity
B.age is not a barrier to achieving one's goal
C.misery inspires a man to fight against his fate
D.disability cannot stop a man's pursuit of success
【2】What does the underlined part in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A.End one's struggle for liberty.
B.Waste one's energy taking risks.
C.Miss the opportunity to succeed.
D.Lose the interest to continue learning.
【3】What could be inferred from Paragraph 4?
A.Those who dare to try often get themselves trapped.
B.Those who tend to think back can hardly go ahead.
C.Opportunity favours those with a curious mind.
D.Opportunity awaits those with a cautious mind.
【4】What is the author's purpose in writing the passage?
A.To provide guidance on leading a meaningful adult life.
B.To stress the need of shouldering responsibilities at work.
C.To state the importance of generating motivation for learning.
D.To suggest a way of pursuing excellence in our lifelong career.
25、Growing up in Melbourne, Australia, I was one of those naughty(淘气的) little kids that never, ever stopped asking “Why?”. I used to ask my mum the most annoying questions. As a “why” kid, I thought everything _______ can be changed and I could make the world better.
When I was in my high school, I _______ the chance to go to the Philippines to learn more due to my good _______ at school. It was there that I became friends with Sonny, who lived on “Smoky Mountain”. But don’t let the romance (浪漫) of that name _______ you, because it was _______ a pile(堆) of steaming garbage where kids like Sonny spent hours every single day finding anything of _______.
Those days with Sonny changed my life forever. I thought to myself, “Why should anyone have to _______ like this while I have so much? Why should Sonny’s life be _______ by where he was born?”
I later _______ that the poverty (贫穷) I’d seen in the Philippines was the result of decisions made or not made. That’s ________, a few years later, I joined with a group of college friends in bringing the Make Poverty History campaign to Australia. And to our ________, the Australian government heard our voices and agreed to double investment and fix the problem miles outside of our borders.
Over all these years, I’ve tried to reconnect with Sonny. ________, I’ve been unable to. I’d love to sit down with him, wherever he is, and ________ with him how much the time I spent on “Smoky Mountain” ________ me. Thanks to him and so many others, I came to understand the importance of being part of a group of people who are ________ to make the world better, who stand together and embrace (拥抱) the amazing future of the world we share.
【1】
A.simple
B.unfair
C.new
D.unfinished
【2】
A.found
B.obtained
C.missed
D.lost
【3】
A.performance
B.character
C.English
D.habit
【4】
A.affect
B.bother
C.impress
D.fool
【5】
A.originally
B.hardly
C.actually
D.certainly
【6】
A.beauty
B.cleanness
C.interest
D.value
【7】
A.live
B.say
C.work
D.study
【8】
A.changed
B.created
C.determined
D.challenged
【9】
A.admitted
B.explained
C.doubted
D.understood
【10】
A.where
B.why
C.how
D.when
【11】
A.disappointment
B.confusion
C.amazement
D.regret
【12】
A.Sadly
B.Luckily
C.Surprisingly
D.Obviously
【13】
A.discuss
B.debate
C.share
D.cooperate
【14】
A.cheated
B.inspired
C.attracted
D.amused
【15】
A.hesitant
B.shocked
C.afraid
D.willing
26、Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.
Why you’re more creative in coffee shops
Some of the most successful people in history have done their best work in coffee shops. Pablo Picasso, JK Rowling, Bob Dylan – whether they’re painters, writers or singer-songwriters, people across nations and centuries have tapped into their creativity working away at a table in a café.
There are many ways coffee shops activate our creativity in a way offices and homes don’t. Some of us stick in our earbuds as soon as we sit down to work in a public setting. But a 2012 study published in the Journal of Consumer Research showed that a low-to-moderate level of relaxing noise on all sides in a place like a cafeteria can actually increase your creative output. The idea is that if you’re very slightly distracted from the task at hand by background noise, it enhances your abstract thinking ability, which can lead to more creative idea generation.
Another study from 2019 had similar findings, that is, the right amount of noise benefits our senses. And audio stimuli in the background also help us improve decision making.
There’s also the fact that in a coffee shop, we’re surrounded by people who’ve come to do the same thing as us, which acts as a motivator. A 2016 study backed up this idea when researchers asked participants sitting next to each other in front of a computer to do a task on the same screen. The study showed that “simply performing a task next to a person who makes a lot of effort in a task will make you do the same”. One of the biggest things about coffee shops is the social-facilitation effect: you go there, you see other people working and it puts you in a mood where you just naturally start working as well.
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